The Formula 1 title race has turned into a genuine three-way fight, and it's arriving at the one circuit built to make it messier. Kimi Antonelli's championship lead has been cut down after more misfortune at the British Grand Prix, George Russell has closed the gap to 25 points, and Lewis Hamilton sits just seven points further back after another podium at Silverstone. Round twelve takes this fight to Spa-Francorchamps, 7.004km through the Ardennes forest, the longest circuit on the calendar, and a track with a well-earned reputation for deciding championships rather than just hosting them.
The Belgian Grand Prix has shifted a week earlier this year, but nothing else about it has gotten any more predictable. Eau Rouge and Raidillon remain the corners drivers talk about, and the forest has a habit of holding onto rain even after everyone else assumes it's passed, so expect changeable conditions across all three days of track action.
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It's a standard race weekend, no Sprint format and covering 44 laps of Spa-Francorchamps.
Free Practice 1
Date: 17th July, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM IST
Free Practice 2
Date: 17th July, 2026
Time: 8:30 PM IST
Free Practice 3
Date: 18th July, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM IST
Qualifying
Date: 18th July, 2026
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Belgian Grand Prix (Race)
Date: 19th July, 2026
Time: 6:30 PM IST
Spa-Francorchamps has a reputation for turning championships on their head, and the numbers back it up. In 2021, the Belgian Grand Prix technically became the shortest race in Formula 1 history, cars completed two laps behind the safety car in torrential rain before the race was red-flagged for good, and half-points were awarded for a Grand Prix in which no actual racing took place. It remains one of the odder footnotes in the sport's record books. With the current title fight this tight, and a circuit capable of producing chaos on demand, Sunday's race has more than enough history stacked behind it to go with the stakes in front of it.